Been a busy couple of weeks with work, events and some good old-fashioned networking. Say what you will about social networking, great tool – the real meat of networking is meeting real people, bonding and discussing things – yes things. I covered some of my activity here. Hats off to viki for their huge round [...] Read more – ‘To the Doers…’.
Had an action packed Friday this past week with lots of events going on. First up was accelerate day at TechVenture2011. I attended the full conference at TV2010 and was even at some of the VIP events but this year I was too late getting back from the states so was only able to make [...] Read more – ‘TechVenture2011, Accelerate, FoundersDrinks & Tim Draper Singing in Singapore…’.
I arrived at 1am this morning and with plenty of jet lag on tap I decided to get going on the new iOS 5 download. Download was about 90 mins from Singapore – kind of long. Apple needs to host some bits around here. Sync. Backup. New OS and then restore. Wait – it says [...] Read more – ‘iOS 5 spotted in Singapore’.
I usually don’t harp on companies but this latest SingTel stuff is insane. The signal just goes away. My phone goes from 3G to o to searching to no service. Stays that way for a bit and then the 3g comes back. I was actually trying to tweet when I took this screenshot – couldn’t [...] Read more – ‘SingTel – WTF?’.
Information overload happens a ton these days so I tend to focus on just a few sites and/or podcasts. For information on the mobile markets – I am loving Horace over at Asymco.com. Detailed analysis, candid commentary and the willingness to make some bets as to where things will go. Also been listening to his [...] Read more – ‘Spotify Singapore’.
Picked this up today at this place in Singapore - http://peek-ture.com/ 36 Armenian Street – cool little alternative photo place. They even carry the new Impossible polaroid film. More info on this camera is here - http://www.superheadz.com/digi2triple/ I was looking at those polaroid mini-s cameras but I felt I should not add to the world’s [...] Read more – ‘Playing with my new toy…’.
Getting some breakfast, iPad on the 3G, and using the new WordPress iPad app. So far so good – even can see stats, pages, comments and such… Damn – this might get me blogging again… Read more – ‘Blogging from the iPad 2’.
I have not been blogging much – I think it was mostly out of respect for the japanese tragedy. Blogging or writing anything about myself or what I was doing paled in comparison to the real world and what people in Japan were contending with. Blogging was silly. On top of that been super busy [...] Read more – ‘On the road again…’.
I am not in Austin. I could have went on my own or somehow maybe made a work trip out of it but then it would be like going to Mass but not actually being a Catholic. It appears to me that everything that comes out of SXSW is mostly US focused and continues the [...] Read more – ‘No – I am not there.’.
Lots of talk of Singapore these days. Been here over a year and the buzz keeps growing but the bark is still louder than the bite. I first wrote about Sing here – Musings on Singapore… Most of what I said there still applies I think. Sure – the economy is cooking and sing dollar [...] Read more – ‘Oh Singapore!’.
After the Tech Venture conference I did an interview with a sing based newspaper – should hit soon – the interview was talking about the rise of Asia. More and more people talk about this since the US is in trouble, Europe is in the doldrums and Asia is kicking along. The question is asked [...] Read more – ‘This is how the Asian Companies are Expanding…’.
I am totally honored to be at TechVenture 2010. I was at a VIP dinner last night with some of these folks. Very good networking! Today at a panel and tomorrow have a short speaking gig. I will cover it as much as I can here – on koprol. laterz… Read more – ‘TechVenture 2010’.
Just got back from the US for work, Sunnyvale, and catching up with friends and my family. Had a fantastic trip – some photos. I need to post the rest of my photos – just been too busy. I ate too much, slept a little, road close to 1000 miles on a rented BMW and [...] Read more – ‘How to be on the grid less?’.
Been crazy busy folks and have been neglecting my blog a bit. Sucks. A ton going on. Spent some time with Mike Walsh and even created some content for his Tomorrow Network. That was fun! Then been working on something that is a huge first for me. We made a TV commercial for Koprol. The [...] Read more – ‘The best TWIA episode yet!’.
Good to see Singtel prepped for iPad data plans… http://home.singtel.com/bbmobile/signup-ipad getting the site map for page not found! Read more – ‘Singtel – iPad #fail’.
Good to AVH is still going – this is the ego-maniacal Java dude from Sun who went on to found Marima with Kim Polese – the wonder woman of Silicon Valley. I was just getting into Java at the time and at first I thought these were the coolest people until I actually them to [...] Read more – ‘July 19, 2010’.
http://www.e27.sg/2010/06/10/highest-ios-penetration-found-in-singapore-indonesia-among-the-lowest/: Singapore with it’s tiny 4 million population has 402,992 iPhones, 76575 iPod Touch and 1,453 iPad’s totaling 480,950 iOS devices. Contrast that to its counterpart, Android devices total up to 32,918. While considering the fact that, iPhone had a head-start in the Singapore market for a year before the first Android device was released, [...] Read more – ‘June 20, 2010’.
Since I am in Singapore I figured it was time to respond to the Koprol community and facilitate a meetup (kopup). I talked to Meng Wong over at hackerspaceSG and they were happy to let us use the space. You can see the details on upcoming.org. This is non-structured and just a chance to put [...] Read more – ‘Koprol (kopup) Meetup in Singapore’.
I have been so busy I have not had a time to re-cap my experience at Echelon. First off let me say thanks to Mohan and the team at E27 – nice work – awesome event! I wrote up something for the YDN blog and our slides are also there. By any measurement the event [...] Read more – ‘Echelon!’.
Being fairly new to Singapore I am learning the local ropes slowly but surely. The little nook and crannies that conceal the occasional taxi allowing me to get home without having to book one. The hawker stalls that the locals might be hanging out at versus the gawkers from the Lonely Planet. I am getting [...] Read more – ‘I touched one!’.
Been a roving madman lately. Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, back to Singapore and now in KL. Some events and stuff to be aware of. Today and tomorrow is BarCamp KL – http://barcamp.my/blog/ In Vietnam we were on a MSFT .Net tour showing Yahoo! integration. See some of that here (Go Jimmi): http://www.slideshare.net/kembaren/openidoauth-and-yql-with-net http://yqldemo.codeplex.com/ Next big thing [...] Read more – ‘Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Singapore and now Kuala Lumpur’.
This post will have very little to do with the iPad. I can’t get one in Sing yet and I will be waiting till I can. If you want to read more about the iPad check out this article from GigaOM. I think it is a good take on how the iPad will change computing [...] Read more – ‘iPad frenzy!’.
Well – finally happened. I made it back to This Week in Asia – I think I am the only returning guest that has appeared more thance once. I love what these guys are doing and hopefully they will make me a regular. I will keep up my campaign! http://thisweekinasia.net/2010/04/this-week-in-asia-episode-22-google-domination/ I am also encouraging them [...] Read more – ‘First return guest on TWIA!’.
I had the joy being invited onto the TWIA podcast last night. Find it here: http://thisweekinasia.net/2010/01/this-week-in-asia-episode-15-ipad-tsunami/ First off I want to say thanks to the team that puts it on for inviting me. I had a great time and I hope they invite me back again. I love their interview format and the general say [...] Read more – ‘This Week in Asia Episode 15: The iPad Tsunami – Guest Star!’.
In the states right now freezing and lamenting the current Cali weather. Would be one thing if I was up skiing or something but I am not. Oh well. Good to see Nokia coming out swinging a bit. I think all the stand alone GPS guys are going to be taking another one on the [...] Read more – ‘Musings on Singapore…’.
It is strange when reading the web and you come across funky connect the dots type of reads. I spend a fair amount of time in Vietnam and have been watching the market closely. I also read Daring Fireball a bunch and appreciate his blend of tech and news. It was a treat today to [...] Read more – ‘Daring Fireball, Vietnam, iPhones – the world is so small!’.
The goal was to get to all my countries before the end of the year – tough to do any thoughtful 2010 planning without getting to the places you are making plans for. Check my TripIt for stats. Going from no-flying to flying means I am a peon on Star Alliance again and hoping to [...] Read more – ‘SEA tour mostly over…’.
